New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-29
CRIME AND SORROW.
A DAY AT THE TOMbS'
nou.xcE OF A PRIsoN-"MR. MoRGANs"

sur ROMANCE OF PRIsoN-"Mh' Mok'ANs
STORY.
-, ,s+ bave had doleful sense Of fitness VINO 1rst
os,ved the idea Of utilizing stevepss Description Oh IN
srrn,,an eharnelhouse as city prison. ana OF naming
e., oopleted structure, long, low and massive WIN W
fathan pillars of stone and its awful granite Walls, 'o
-. We're IL a veritable sepuchre 1t could not look
80 soodt,I Right in the heart Of the city. where the
80 a, human activity beats with It's quickest nohoh'
e. ,rn, like heap Of stones, rusty and weather"orn'
s,os ts gloomy shadows all around III oiu Us "ee
[r,tad here When the century dawneo the sue wioio
I. ,nds was pretty blue lake surrounded WIN WILLOWS
soar Nature was ruined to provide this grin token
z .t-n,zston The blue water was drained away Inc
~ a oots were uprooted. and over fifty years ago
-, ,,octs NJ stone were shaped one upon anotner'
49, the style Of an ancient Theban tomb III "icn '"e
rs,n,ro,s Of New-York have ever since peeI coii'u
h ,son itself was hidden by its appropriate source VI
.unnv police court the entrance 10 "nion 's my
"a vawninr The low roof with us eornice s'o"'
anu o sv,rbol Of a ball and biting asp, the
Re 80 windows overgrown with Ivy as II 'ha'
-, r,ort thought them scarcely dark enough,
6oneless walls that shut In the coDoie p''eu =.
md shut out every trace OF sunbeam oono "
,ote the Tombs an oppressive and suggestive pc''""
=, or want TO enter the prison itself you must go
,onnd mon side street where you see ii''io oioA
,ob Won nerceve to a hole because 1t Is s"ine-
hot HACKER than the rest of the wall Heavy IRON s'
Soev I'm the hole and pledge each other ioyalS III Pc
fect Iayrinh of bolts and locks ana pars' Ii you s
tre the hole till your eyes get used to its gloom you
I'm, soon catch the outlines Of mans form on inc olcr
aide Of it. He gives you plenty of time before ne ASKS
Lou what you want 1t is easy to get into the Ion'S'
Sor business Is not too closely questioned Inc NC!
tnrns and the bolts fly back. The iron gate iho'eS
slightly and as you step into the narrow court you can
tary feel the blackness crOwding past You III oeScr
ae effort TO get breath of fresh air. y.
Inside few dim lights wink sleepiy at each other. II
shere is rivalry between them II is only competuo rs
40 which shall 60 first But the whire-haed deputy
Mar,en shields his eyes from them as he looks you over
e If 10 correct any misappehension that he iears may
exist in your mind and 10 assure you that IN MS opo
tbere never was an electric blaze more da1IhS Juan
those apolopetic firehies on the wall.
No he has no objection TO your standing tnere ny no
railing TO watch the visitors as they come III anu pass
but He would give you chair II he had one gu. ue
Tonbs Is not hall Of luxury IL has ACCOMMODATIONS
for only one class Of guests and they have 10 get oR
with me- ACRE supply of comforts He VIII be very g"a'
however to stand there with and tell you VIVA, Is
volnr on Those two men there, who stand bohino the
Failing the one by desk and the other by the htue
narrow gateway, are the main guards. Iney keep
record of all the visitors who they are and "hom lhey
wish 10 see Those who admitted arc PROVIDED WIN
tickets the yellow being given to men ana inc reu
noes IN women